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Controlling access to content on an object addressable storage system

  • US 8,146,155 B1
  • Filed: 09/29/2007
  • Issued: 03/27/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of accessing a content unit stored on an object addressable storage (OAS) system, the content unit having a first portion and a second portion and being identified via an object identifier that is, from the perspective of a user accessing the content unit on the OAS system, independent of a storage location of the content unit on the OAS system, the method comprising acts, performed by at least one hardware processor, of:

  • assigning a first set of access permissions to the first portion of the content unit, wherein the first set of access permissions specifies a first set of users permitted to access the first portion of the content unit, wherein the act of assigning a first set of access permission to the first portion of the content unit further comprises acts of;

    storing metadata on the OAS system that defines the first portion of the content unit; and

    storing metadata on the OAS system that defines the first set of access permissions for the first portion of the content unit; and

    assigning a second set of access permissions to the second portion of the content unit, wherein the second set of access permissions is different from the first set of access permissions, and wherein the second set of access permissions specifies a second set of users permitted to access the second portion of the content unit,wherein the OAS system is a content addressable storage (CAS) system, and wherein the object identifier that identifies the content unit is a content address that is generated, at least in part, from at least a portion of the content of the content unit.

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